What is IBS Really?
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month. I want to take some time to really look at what IBS is and how pelvic floor physical therapy can play a key role in treatment and management of this challenging diagnosis…
Painful Sex After Menopause
Sex after Menopause: It doesn’t have to hurtA recent flood of patients with the same complaint: “I went through menopause 3 or 4 years ago, and since then sex is so painful we cannot do it at all. I have…
Birth Control and Pelvic Pain?
So, I have been wanting to blog on this topic for a while now. I have been intrigued by oral birth controls over the last 8 years with pelvic floor dysfunction of my own. Anyways, the other night I was…
FC on Workout Wednesdays: Waist Training
Sarah Dominguez was recently featured on KSHB Workout Wednesdays to debunk the newest fitness craze: waist training. Waist training is a gimmick...and just that. Check out Sarah's thoughts on waist training below!
Hysterectomy for Chronic Pelvic pain? 7 questions to ask first!
Great post by Dr. Jen Gunter. Enjoy!https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/hysterectomy-for-chronic-pelvic-pain-ask-these-7-questions-first/
Why Do I Leak with Exercise?
I decided to re-visit a topic that we have talked about before, primarily because I seem to have had several people ask me recently, “Why do I leak when I work out?” Followed by “It is normal after babies isn’t…
Listen Up Ladies!
With posting the Cross Fit info recently, I had a few friends mention they read up on it. They also said “I really did not realize what you do” and followed it with ” I mean I leak sometimes too…
When Chronic Prostatitis Doesn’t Involve the Prostate
I have many men who come to clinic with a long history of pelvic, testicular, penile, scrotal, and/or lower abdominal pain. They have been through the wringer when it comes to failed treatments. Many rounds of antibiotics, every bladder and…
Pelvic Floor Specialists: Our Role in Sexual Health
Having worked as a pelvic floor specialist in Kansas City for the last 7 years, I have helped a lot of patients who experience sexual dysfunction. This "hush" topic may scare off a lot of people, and quite frankly it…
Just Breathe
My mother used to always say “Take a Deep Breath” when I was angry at my sister, or upset about something as a child. I never realized how very valuable that advice was until much later. I teach breathing…
